ActivitiesCacheParser

ActivitiesCacheParser is a python tool to extract forensics data from ActivitiesCache.db (Windows Activity Timeline).

The database is located at C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\ConnectedDevicesPlatform\<folder>\ActivitiesCache.db.

<folder> can be any of the following based on the type of user account:

• Local user account: L.< local user account name > (eg, L.nihith).
• Microsoft account: Microsoft ID number (e.g., cdd048cc6c17532e).
  • Microsoft ID is located at HKCU\software\Microsoft\IdentityCRL\UserExtendedProperties
• Azure Active Directory account: AAD.XXXXX.

This tool currently parses the following tables from ActivitiesCache.db:

• Activity
• ActivityOperation
• Activity_PackageId

Requirements

Python 3.9 or above. The older versions of Python 3.x should work fine as well.

Dependencies

These are the required libraries needed to run this script.

• argparse
• csv
• os
• sqlite3

Usage

This is a CLI based tool.

$ python ActivitiesCacheParser.py -f <Path-to-ActivitiesCache.db>

To view help:

$ python ActivitiesCacheParser.py -h

Here is a small GIF showing how use the tool.

References

Here are some of the resources referred while making this tool.

1. https://www.cellebrite.com/en/exploring-the-windows-activity-timeline-part-1-the-high-points/
2. https://blog.group-ib.com/windows10_timeline_for_forensics
3. https://kacos2000.github.io/WindowsTimeline/WindowsTimeline.pdf

Thanks to everyone for making their research public, this tool wouldn't be possible with out that.

Author 👥

B. K. S. Nihith

• Twitter: @_Nihith
• Personal Blog: https://g4rud4.gitlab.io